Western Nevada Fish Reports

There was more water skiing than fishing over the weekend. Smallmouth bass to 2-1/2 pounds are being caught near the east bank and the county park. Trout bite remains slow from shore.  Topaz Landing (775) 266-3550  

Thank you if you attended my spring clinics this weekend. I had a great time teaching them. Everyone learned a few things, (I hope), and everyone hooked fish. We nymphed with a few different rigs, fished some dry dropper setups, and did some streamer fishing. The dry fly fishing was surprisingly good as well. I'm cranking right into summer mode now on the Truckee River.

Brown bite has been very good. Guide Mike Nielsen of Tahoe Topliners has been catching 6 to 10 per day from two to six pounds. Rainbows are mixed in. Best year in rainbows in a long time. Macks to six pounds are caught early in the morning trolling down to 60 feet.  Mike Nielsen (530) 721-0593

I'll give you guys a California side report this week because that's where I've been fishing. I'm sure the Nevada side is fishing well, but I haven't been on it in about ten days or so. The booze parade of inner tubers will be out this weekend through Reno, if you go, go early, or go East of Reno. It'll be a big weekend

LT the other day, but none today. Maybe they'll kick off strong, maybe they won't. They like a solid week of warm weather, rain today, we'll see what happens. Everything else is on the menu, princes, copper johns, hare's ears, and rubberleggs. Of course the real bugs are out too, or about to come out. As you can see I like fishing attractors this time

The Nevada Department of Wildlife is sponsoring a Kids Learn to Fish Clinic May 25, from 8 a.m. to noon. The clinic is designed for children and is free to all participants. The class is limited to the first 20 who sign up. WHAT: The Kids Learn to Fish Clinic is geared for entry anglers. NDOW instructors will demonstrate basic hook and line setup.

Shoreline anglers struggle to get trout. Boaters do best trolling with flashers/nightcrawlers. Bass bite is picking up. A five pound largemouth was caught Tuesday. Smallmouth and largemouth also are active in the south end. Look for rocky areas. Topaz Landing (775) 266-3550

Not a whole lot has changed since the last report on the Truckee River. We've had a few good days of rain this week, but the river has settled down to it's below normal spring time flows. Clarity is not an issue unless you travel East of Reno. 250 cubes below Truckee, 700 cubes in the Hirsh, a little higher through the canyons, and about

Trout fishing has been slow for shore anglers, but good for boaters who can get to the deeper water. Most trollers get limits trolling 12 to 15 feet deep with flashers and nightcrawlers. Trout average 1-1/2 pounds. Topaz Landing (775) 266-3550

Fishing has been up and down this week, seems like it always is in spring. Sadly, spring flows on the Truckee River looks like they have crested, good news for us now, could be bad news for us later. On a normal year the Truckee would be pretty much un-fishable with this hot weather we've had, now the whole thing is fishing even through Nevada.

By NATE SCHWEBER Published: April 23, 2013 PYRAMID LAKE, Nev. -- For most fishermen a 20-pound trout is a trophy, but for Paiute tribe members and fish biologists here the one Matt Ceccarelli caught was a victory. That Lahontan cutthroat trout he caught last year, a remnant of a strain that is possibly the largest native trout in North America, is the first confirmed catch of a fish